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Minnesota Avenue in Sioux Falls is starting to look more yellow and blue. ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ pharmacy and respiratory care students began the spring semester on Jan. 12 in the newly renovated east two-thirds of the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Metro Center at 33rd Street and Minnesota Avenue, after spending the past two years taking classes in the unremodeled portion of the building.

More than half of South Dakota’s landscape, around 24 million acres, is covered with the most abundant ecosystem in the world, rangeland. More than pretty scenery, the complex and varied environment is home to relationships among plants, animals and soil that were formed over millennia to mutually thrive and now play a crucial part in the South Dakota way of life.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s two largest relationship-building partners have consolidated into one organization, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Researchers in ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics will soon begin testing surface water samples for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Since the 1940s, the range degree program at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ has been preparing students for critical roles in conservation and the agriculture industry. Today, the range specialization builds on that tradition to serve students with unique opportunities as one of only 14 accredited programs in the country.

The South Dakota Nurses Association recognized nurses from across the state — including many with ties to ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ — at its 2025 Convention and Annual Business Meeting.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s student-produced literature and arts magazine, Oakwood, has been a community and regional favorite for decades. Thanks to a generous estate gift from Mary F. Buckmiller, the School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies will revamp the publication to continue flourishing in the future. The Mary F. Buckmiller School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies Endowment fund will support the Oakwood in perpetuity.

During their first seminar, the 22 members of the South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership Class XIII cohort visited the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences last week to learn about the wide-reaching impact of the college, and the university, on agriculture in the state of South Dakota.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Archives and Special Collections has some brand-new additions to its collection: More than 70 South Dakota brand books and other items from the history of branding in the state.

A new study from ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ is working to better understand juvenile survival rates for mule and white-tailed deer in the western half of the state.